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Post by Ali on Aug 31, 2011 9:32:17 GMT 1
Has anyone got any tips on when turnips are ready to be pulled and how to store?
Have some magnificent specimens which I think are ready to reap.
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Post by onlyme on Aug 31, 2011 20:12:43 GMT 1
Can't you just leave them in till you need them? I think I am going to leave mine till I need to use them. I don't think they store well, aren't they a bit like carrots for storing???  |
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Post by Ali on Aug 31, 2011 20:26:53 GMT 1
Will do that OM, thank you   They're not taking space needed by other things so your idea may be the best. I would think they'd shrivel up once taken out of ground, bit like carrots do. Peeling bent carrot is yack |
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Post by onlyme on Aug 31, 2011 21:10:43 GMT 1
Eating bent carrot is even worserer  |
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Post by <-Rinky-Dink-> on Aug 31, 2011 23:37:20 GMT 1
you could always freeze them, I suppose...
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Post by BartyB on Sept 1, 2011 7:38:36 GMT 1
pedant's corner:........ it's swedes that are commonly called "neeps"
(I'll go away now)
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Post by oddsox on Sept 1, 2011 8:02:51 GMT 1
Please don't go away BartyB, I'm here to learn and I've just learned something. I blame the Scots - it's one of their words.
Agree with OM, it's better to leave them in the ground. Too tough for slugs but pigeons might peck at them in winter when food is short.
Like parsnips, winter frosts mess with the sugars in them and make them taste better.
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Post by Ali on Sept 1, 2011 19:13:28 GMT 1
Would one be excused on account of one has grown turnips and rutabaga? Think am going to take middle ground......... Cook n mash and freeze some for 'instant' and leave the others in the soil. Leaving carrots in the ground too long makes them 'woody' was wondering if same for turnips and swedes and neeps  ? |
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Post by Madame Moorhen on Sept 2, 2011 7:28:32 GMT 1
Suggest googling building a clamp - some say damp sand, some say dry - I've tried carrots and parsnips in dampish sand but they grow fine hair roots all over, then I've tried just leaving them in the ground all winter and that was the best. Not sure about turnips/rutabaga/swedes/neeps though, as they are more like beetroot and won't they just get bigger and bigger if left in the ground? As to whether a neep is a turnip or a swede, or a swede is a turnip or a rutabaga - try googling, you will end up even more confused...... everyone calls them something different, my MIL calls them the opposite to me, a Swede is a Swedish turnip anyway......  Far as I'm concerned the small things with white and pink skin and white flesh is a turnip and the big lumpy beige/yellow thing with yellow flesh is a swede. French rutabaga looks like a swede but has white flesh and tastes like a turnip, which is total bitter cack. ;D Confused? You will be..... |
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Post by Elkay on Sept 4, 2011 22:33:45 GMT 1
It's not only the scots who confuse swedes and turnips - my best mate is cornish and she says swedes are turnips and turnips are swedes - as do people on the Isle of Man. I firmly believe they are all barking |
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